WHYTE'S in association with CHRISTIE'S - The Ernie O'Malley Collection MONDAY 25 November 2019

70 31 Paul Henry RHA (1876-1958) SHEEPHAVEN, DONEGAL, IRELAND FOR HOLIDAYS POSTER lithograph in colours; printed by Staffords also reads [illustrated folder from any London Midland or Scottish railway station or agency, E.R.O. 53350, Staffords, Netherfield] 40.25 by 25.25in. (102.2 by 64.1cm) Provenance: Helen Hooker O’Malley collection; Thence by family descent Published by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (later nationalised and incorpoated into British Railways). The LMS operated mail and passenger ships from England andWales to Ireland. Paul Henry’s modernist landscape paintings lent themselves to reproduction as posters; he was commissioned to produce several from 1925 onwards, and some of his designs were still in use in the 1950s. Bord Fáilte - the Irish Tourist Board - also used reproductions of some of his paintings in the 1960s to 1970s. See also lot 32. €500-€700 (£440-£610 approx.) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid Lot 31

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